Dubai office sales reach AED 20.2 billion in nine months, with off-plan at 80% of the value

The figures come from an analysis of Dubai Land Department sales by Al Masdar Al Akari, a property data firm.

January to September 2026	Sales	Value	Share of value
Off-plan offices	2,363	AED 16.13bn	80%
Ready offices	1,332	AED 4.03bn	20%
All offices	3,695	AED 20.16bn	100%

Off-plan offices were 64 per cent of the sales by number. They took a larger share of the money because new offices sell at higher prices than older ones.

• Sales: 419 offices worth AED 1.85 billion.
• Against August: value up 62 per cent, number of sales up 28.5 per cent.
• Against September 2025: value up 54 per cent from AED 1.2 billion, number of sales up 7.4 per cent from 390.
• Off-plan: 265 sales worth AED 1.32 billion.
• Ready: 154 sales worth AED 525.5 million.

Business Bay led by a wide margin. It recorded about 1,100 sales worth more than AED 9.9 billion in the nine months.

That is 29.8 per cent of all office sales and 49 per cent of the value.

Price of the office	Share of sales
Under AED 1 million	8.2%
AED 1 million to 2 million	28.2%
AED 2 million to 5 million	40.6%
AED 5 million to 10 million	9.6%
AED 10 million to 20 million	6.6%
Over AED 20 million	6.9%

Two in three offices sold for between AED 1 million and AED 5 million.

Offices have become an off-plan market in their own right. Until 2026, most office sales in Dubai were of finished space.

An off-plan office is bought the same way as an off-plan home: in stages during construction, with payments held in the project's escrow account. The differences are in the use. Offices are let to businesses on longer leases, and fit-out is usually the buyer's or tenant's cost.

Before comparing prices, check the handover date, the service charge, whether the office comes fitted or as a shell, and the payment plan.

See the off-plan commercial projects we track, including Burj Capital, Enara by OMNIYAT and Haus of Tenet in Business Bay.